Meet the Team

Chief Emergency Planning Officer (CEPO)

Valerie Bowman

Principal Emergency Planning Officer (PEPO)

Duncan Young

Newcastle City Council, plus:

1. National Emergency Plan: Fuel (NEP-F)
2. Marine/Coastal issues
3. Human, Animal, Plant & Infectious Diseases
4. Rabies Plan
5. Newcastle Airport liaison & Exercises

6. FRA Partnership Policy
7. Military Liaison

CCA lead: - UK Capabilities programme; Information Sharing (Ch 3)

1. FRA Policy/Advisory Cttee
2. FRA Partnership Gp

3. N.E. Standing Environment Group

4. Newcastle EP Cttee & Exercise Sub Gp

5. Newcastle MIP Gp

6. Core Cities EP Gp

1. Oil Pollution Plan

2. Newcastle - Action Cards

3. T&W Partnership Policy

4. Aircraft Incident Alert Procedures

5. NEP-F Trg Programme

Acting Principal Emergency Planning Officer (PEPO)

Lindsey Horwood

Sunderland City Council, plus:

1. Mass Fatalities
2. Emergency Mortuary Plan
3. ISO 9001:2000 Project Management

4. 'Guide to Civil Contingencies in T&W'

5. 5 x District MIP’s - structural review

6. Public Warning & Informing

7. FOI & Data Protection Act

8. EPU Website Management

CCA lead: - Communicating with the Public (Ch 7)

1. FRA HR Committee

1. RRF Mass Fatalities Gp

2. LRF Mass Fatalities Gp

3. S'land MI Plan Gp (Chair)

4. S'land BCM Gp, Resilience & Care Line Gp

5. City Hospitals Sunderland M.I.T Gp, PCT Pandemic Gp

1. Sunderland MIP

2. Mass Fatalities Plan

3. Civil Emergency Broadcasting Arrangements

4. T&W Emergency Centre Ops Guide

5. NEIL Procedure

Principal Emergency Planning Officer (PEPO)

Alan Jolly

South Tyneside Council plus:

1. Health (inc Flu pandemic, Smallpox etc)
2. COMAH/PSR

3. Environmental Issues

4. Electricity/Utilities issues

5. Regional Resilience issues
6. Radiation RIMNET/Radmon

CCA lead: CCA Risk Assessment (Ch 4)

1. LRF Flu Pandemic Gp

2. RRF Utilities Gp
3. S.Tyne MIP Gp

4. LRF Safer Events Gp

5. Regional Smallpox Gp

6. New Tyne X-ing Safety Gp

7. Core Cities EP Gp

1. S. Tyne MIP

2. S. Tyne Action Cards

3. CHEMET Scheme

4. NAIR Scheme

5. RADSAFE Scheme

6. RIMNET Alerting Procedures

7. National Capabilities Mapping Survey (NCS)

Principal Emergency Planning Officer (PEPO)

Dawn Hickman

Gateshead Council, plus:

1. Business Planning/Performance Management/CPA
2. Emergency Planning Issues
3. Finance/Budget Management
4. EPU Administration Management.
5. Premises Mgt/EPU Inventories
6. Audit Reports/Action Plans

FRA & CC Cttee Reports Co-ordination

7. EPU Health & Safety Plan

CCA lead: Emergency Planning (Ch 5);
Monitoring & Assessment (Ch 13)

1. FRA Perf/Review Cttee

2. FRA Governance Cttee

3. EPU Staff Performance Mtgs

4. G'hd HQ Co-ordinator Team

5. G'hd PCT Group

6. G'hd Resilience Team
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1. EPU Business Plan

2. EPU Corporate Policies

3. Audit Recommendations

4. G'hd MIP

5. G'hd Rest Centres

6. G'hd Avian Flu

7. G'hd Action Cards/Action Plans

Principal Emergency Planning Officer (PEPO)

Joe Walton

North Tyneside Council, plus:

1. Response & recovery Issues

2. Mass Evacuation

3. Business Continuity Promotion

4. TWEPU Business Continuity Plan/validation

5. Transport (TWEVAC/Road/Rail/etc)

6. CBRN site Clearance issues

CCA lead: - BCM Promotion (Ch 8); BCM (Ch 6 - for EPU only); Emergency Response & Recovery

1. RRF CBRN Group & LA Sub Gp

2. TWROPS Gp (EPU lead)
3. LRF BCMP Sub Gp (Sec)
4. Regional Rail ESLG
5. N. Tyne EP Coordinators; External Liaison & other N. Tyne Gps as required

1. EPU BCM/Pandemic Plan

2. TWEVAC Scheme

3. N.Tyne MIP

4. Loss of 999 Procedure

Senior Emergency Planning Officer (SEPO)

Eric Haley

1. T&W Care Line Scheme - Full Review

2. Welfare/Rest Centre Issues
3. Humanitarian Assistance Issues
4. Voluntary Sector & Clergy

5. Resilient Communications

6. IT/GIS & Technological Developments

CCA lead: - Voluntary sector (Ch 14)

1. LRF - NVAG (Sec/Chair on rotation)
2. LRF – Humanitarian Assistance Centres Gp (Chair)
3. Regional Communications Gp

4. G'hd Jewish Community meeting (under review)

1. Generic Rest Centre Plan

2. Vols MOU/Activation Procedure

3. BT Linkline Scheme

4. Central Bedding Store Procedure

5. BRCS Disaster Appeal Scheme

6. Morrisons Crisis Purchasing Scheme

7. Careline Handbook

8. Clergy/Faith Gps Plan

Senior Emergency Planning Officer (SEPO)

Kate Cochrane

1. Climate Change/Flood Plan Guidannce

2. Equality & Diversity Review of Plans - Policy Development

3. LA Exercise Programme

4. NORLAND Exercise Programme

5. T&W Central Training Modules, Records, Evaluation/Recommendations

6. Public Warning, Informing & Vol Sector - testing/exercising integration

7. TWEPU Duty Officer & Incident Officer Scheme - Training & Validation

CCA lead: - Training & Exercising (Ch 5)

1. LRF Training & Ex Sub Gp

2. LRF RAWG

3. NORLAND Exercise Gp

1. T&W Flood Plan Guidance

2. T&W Trg & Ex Policy

3. Duty Officer/IR Schemes

4. LRF Community Risk Register

5. NSWWS Procedures

6. Heatwave Warning Scheme

7. ECSTWS Procedure

8. Flood Alert Procedure

Senior Emergency Planning Officer (SEPO)

(Temporary)

David Turnbull

1. Public Warning, Informing & Advice - strategy development

2. Media Liaison/Media Planning Strategy

3. 'Vulnerable Persons' Arrangements

4. RRF Mass Evacuation Support

1. LRF Public Comms Gp

2. RRF Mass Evacuation Gp

1. T&W Emergency Centre Guide

2. Northumbria Debrief Protocol

Emergency Planning Officer (EPO)(Temporary)

Matthew Burrow

1. TWEPU Shadowing Arrangements
2. Schools Emergency Planning

3. Climate Change Issues - Support
4. District MIPs - Review/Restructure Support

1. Climate Change Procedures Support (Flood Proc, ECSTWS, NSWWS, Heatwave etc)

Emergency Planning Assistant (EPA)

(Part Time)

Diane Mitchell

1. General Emergency Planning Support

2. PEPO Secretariat

3. COMAH Support as required
4. Updating Emergency Plans & Procedures

5. Duty Officer & Incident Officer updates
6. 'Cleverdata’ System updates
7. Admin & Finance Support as required

Vacant

1. General Emergency Planning Support
2. 'Guide to Civil Contingencies in T&W

3. Priveleged User Scheme Registrations (Comms)
4. IT Fault Reports/PAT Testing

5. 'Cleverdata' System Updates
6. Website Maintenance
7. Admin & Finance Support as required

1. Cleverdata Directory

2. MTPAS (ACCOLC) Scheme Review

3. FTPAS (GTPS) Scheme Review

4. Annual PA Testing

Administration Officer

Helen Rodgers

1. EPU Administration Systems & Support
2. Reception/Switchboard
3. Orders/Invoice Processsing
4. Minute Taking

5. EPU Timesheets
6. Refreshments/Hospitality

Major Hazards Officer (SEPO) (Part Time)

Tony Steele

1. International Paints COMAH Gp